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afflictive
[
uh
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flik
-tiv
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af·flic·tive
/
əˈflɪk
tɪv
/
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flik
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adjective
characterized by or causing pain, distress, or grief; distressing.
Origin:
1605–15;
afflict
+
-ive
Related forms
af·flic·tive·ly,
adverb
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afflict
(əˈflɪkt)
—
vb
(
tr
) to cause suffering or unhappiness to; distress greatly
[C14: from Latin
afflictus,
past participle of
afflīgere
to knock against, from
flīgere
to knock, to strike]
af'flictive
—
adj
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